Kenan Thompson

The National Football League may be having big troubles these days, but the league really helped "Saturday Night Live" start its 40th season this weekend. You know the routine: Hand "SNL" a public-relations disaster and watch the show rip the hypocrisy. The program opened with CNN's Candy Crowley (Aidy Bryant) questioning Ray Lewis (Kenan Thompson) and Shannon Sharpe (Jay Pharoah) about their past legal troubles. Pharoah gave a memorably over-the-top impression of Sharpe. The sketch, which was indeed sharp, showed Roger Goodell (host Chris Pratt) fumbling big time in addressing problems. Later, "SNL" explained that new NFL introductions will feature the...

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